The True Value of Your Body and Heart

Teachings from Teacher Practitioner Xia Lianju, recorded and transcribed by Namo Amituofo’s disciple, Venerable Fa Hui.

The True Worth of the Physical Form

What is the true value of this physical body? If you dedicate your life to serving all beings, your body becomes priceless. However, if you use it only to satisfy your own selfish desires, you will merely drift through this life, trapped within the relentless cycle of birth, aging, sickness, and death. You must ask yourself: are you merely passing time, or are you using this precious human form to achieve something of eternal significance?

Rediscovering the Priceless Nature of the Heart

What is the value of your heart? When you rediscover your true self, it becomes truly priceless, for this is the essential path to attaining Buddhahood. If you remain caught in the traps of delusion, discrimination, and attachment, you will remain an ordinary person, unable to see the light of your own nature. To break free, you must look inward and clear away the dust that obscures your original, luminous heart.

The Path of Shadows and the Path of Light

Demons walk in this world, feeding the desires of humanity. They lead people deeper into the suffering of birth, aging, sickness, and death, polluting the body, heart, and spirit, and trapping them in the cycle of rebirth. In contrast, the Buddha walks in this world to guide us toward liberation. By upholding the Precepts, we find protection, purify our body, heart, and spirit, and clearly recognise the truth of samsara.

A Sanctuary for Awakening

The fourfold assembly practising at Hsiang Kuang must understand these principles. If you can grasp this truth and practise it with diligence, you will surely enter the Great Path of the Buddha. Hsiang Kuang Pure Land Buddhist Centre in Goombungee, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, is where Namo Amituofo is residing here. It is here that we help you rediscover the true value of your body and your heart.

• Letting go of the self: Only by letting go of your attachment to the physical self can you elevate the quality of your spirit.
• Living for others: When you live for the sake of all beings, you are truly utilising the potential of this body.
• Manifesting Buddha-nature: When you are selfless, you are manifesting the goodness of your heart and the true power of your Buddha-nature.

Namo Amituofo